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US-6931652

Spindle mortor for optical disk drive having a stator with upper tracks at different heights

PublishedAugust 16, 2005
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Technical Abstract

The present invention relates to a spindle motor employed for a disk player. The spindle motor comprises: a deck plate; a shaft rotatably disposed on the deck plate; a stator having a core wound with coils which is disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft and generates a magnetic force; a magnet which is provided at the upper part of the stator and generates a magnetic force; a cap type rotor which is coupled to the upper end of the shaft integrally with the shaft so as to be located at the upper part of the pulling magnet and the stator and is provided on the upper part with a track having a different height from another; a magnet which is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the rotor so that it can be opposed to the core of the stator with an air gap therebetween; and a turntable which is disposed on the upper surface of the rotor integrally with the rotor and mounts a disk.

Patent Claims
3 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

1

1. A spindle motor for a disk drive, which is used for a disk player, comprising: a deck plate; a shaft rotatably disposed on the deck plate; a stator composed of a metal baring disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft, a holder disposed on an outer side of the metal bearing and a core having coils disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the holder; a pulling magnet which is provided at the upper part of the stator and generates a magnetic force; a cap type rotor which is coupled to the upper end of the shaft integrally with the shaft so as to be located at the upper part of the pulling magnet and the stator and is provided on the upper part with a track having a different height from another; a magnet which is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the rotor so that it can be opposed to the core of the stator with an air gap therebetween; and a turntable which is disposed on the upper surface of the rotor integrally with the rotor and is composed of a disk chuck on which a disk is centered and mounted, a jaw which is disposed on the disk chuck and fixes the mounted disk and a disk seat which supports the mounted disk from a lower side; wherein the track is formed of three horizontal portions; wherein the horizontal portions have an upward staircase structure in which they become gradually elevated in the outward direction from the shaft coupled to the center of the rotor.

2

2. The spindle motor of claim 1 , wherein the horizontal portions are composed of a first horizontal portion on which the lower end of the center portion of the disk chuck is bonding-fixed, a second horizontal portion on which the lower face of the disk chuck is mounted and a third horizontal portion on which the disk seat is mounted.

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3. A spindle motor for a disk drive, which is used for a disk player, comprising; a deck plate; a shaft rotatably disposed on the deck plate; a stator composed of a metal baring disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft, a holder disposed on an outer side of the metal bearing and a core having coils disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the holder; a pulling magnet which is provided at the upper part of the stator and generates a magnetic force; a cap type rotor which is coupled to the upper end of the shaft integrally with the shaft so as to be located at the upper part of the pulling magnet and the stator and is provided on the upper part with a track having a different height from another; a magnet which is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the rotor so that it can be opposed to the core of the stator with an air gap therebetween; and a turntable which is disposed on the upper surface of the rotor integrally with the rotor and is composed of a disk chuck on which a disk is centered and mounted, a jaw which is disposed on the disk chuck and fixes the mounted disk and a disk seat which supports the mounted disk from a lower side; wherein, the track is formed of two horizontal portions wherein the horizontal portions have an upward staircase structure in which they become gradually elevated in the outward direction from the shaft coupled to the center of the rotor wherein the horizontal portions are composed of a first horizontal portion on which the lower end of the center portion of the disk chuck is bonding-fixed and a second horizontal portion on which the lower face of the disk chuck and the disk seat.

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Filing Date

April 11, 2003

Publication Date

August 16, 2005

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